Constant calls for change

I found it very interesting that Thanawi's motivation for writing "Perfecting Women" was that he was proposing a solution for a faltering society, and while the influence of this text is felt and responded to in most every text we've read, the modern sentiment seems to reject Thanawi's notions in favor of a progressive fusion of Western influence and Eastern traditions. Rushdie flaunts purdah, Ali gives readers an uncompromisingly tragic Bilqeece based on Thanawi's ideals, and Chughtai creates Shaman as a possible model for empowered women. I think these calls for change, or, at the very least, a critical assessment of widely accepted social mores, are evidence of the constant evolution and development of society at large.